CN1337765A - Laser Generation Device Combining Passive Q-Switch Laser with Nonlinear Optical Crystal - Google Patents
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A novel laser generation device combining a passive Q-switched laser and a periodically poled (periodically poled) quasi-phase-matching nonlinear optical crystal comprises a passive Q-switched laser light source for emitting a laser beam with a first wavelength in a pulse mode, and a quasi-phase-matching nonlinear optical crystal with a first grating with a first nonlinear optical characteristic, wherein the crystal receives the passive Q-switched laser beam with the first wavelength to perform a nonlinear optical response so as to generate a laser beam with a second wavelength.
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The present invention is about the new device in conjunction with passive Q-Q-swith laser Q and nonlinear optical crystal generation specific wavelength laser, particularly about accurate phase matched (the Quasi Phase Matching in conjunction with passive Q-Q-swith laser Q and period polarized (periodically poled); QPM) nonlinear optical crystal produces the device of specific wavelength laser.
Laser is a kind of electromagnetic radiation that possesses time and spatial coherence, and its radiation frequency or wavelength are subject to the energy step of laser gain material more and move.In order to make special wavelength laser, it is to utilize the accurate phase matched method of nonlinear optics that a kind of method is arranged, inject a nonlinear optical crystal with the laser of one first wavelength and make it produce nonlinear optical effect (nonlinear optical effect), such as secondary and THIRD-HARMONIC GENERATION (Second and ThirdHarmonic Generation; SHG and THG), difference frequency produces (Difference Frequency Generation; DFG) and frequently produce (Sum Frequency Generation; SFG), optical parameter generation, amplification, vibration (Optical Parametric Generation, Amplification, Oscillation; OPG, OPA OPO) waits nonlinear response and produces different wavelength of laser output.Accurate phase matched method is through artificial method the crystal structure of ferroelectric (ferroelectric) nonlinear optics material to be done period polarized counter-rotating, makes the phase matched (phase matching) in the non-linear laser wavelength Conversion no longer be limited by natural birefringece crystal (birefringentcrystal) characteristic.The nonlinear optical grid cycle of polarization reversal is decided by the optical maser wavelength of incident and the optical maser wavelength that will produce.Many ferroelectric things (ferroelectric materials) can form quite good accurate phase matching non-linear optical crystal, for example LiNbO3, LiTaO3, LiIO3, KNbO3, KTiOPO4 (KTP), RbTiOAsO4 (RTA), RbTiOPO4 or the like, wherein periodic polarized LiNbO3 (periodically poledLiNbO3) is general the most frequently used person, abbreviates PPLN as.
The most frequently used person of lasing light emitter commonly used is active Q-Q-swith laser Q (actively Q-switchedlaser), and it must use large-scale power supply unit to trigger the Q-switch with the input high voltage, and bulky, operation is difficult for, and costs an arm and a leg.In addition, when a front end laser pumping (pumps) traditional double refraction nonlinear optical crystal, this crystal must place a laser resonator to increase gain amplifier usually, not only increased equipment volume, after equipment moves, the central point of calibration time (alignment) resonant cavity that accidentally often need cost a lot of money.In addition, active Q-Q-swith laser Q is because the element complexity, laser cavity length is much larger than passive Q-Q-swith laser Q, so pulse duration (a longer pulse width that the laser tool that produces is relatively long, be about 10 part per billion seconds (nano-second)), under same laser intensity (intensity), cause crystal damage easily, particularly for the low crystal that destroys critical (low damage threshold), as LiNbO3 etc.Relatively, passive Q-Q-swith laser Q is because laser cavity is long minimum, and the pulse length of generation can be lacked more than tens times than active Q-Q-swith laser Q, and is just little many to the destruction of laser crystal.
In view of above-mentioned shortcoming in the prior art, the present invention proposes a kind of new pattern laser generation device in conjunction with passive Q-Q-swith laser Q and period polarized accurate phase matching non-linear optical crystal, the present invention can produce the laser of specific wavelength expeditiously in conjunction with passive Q-Q-swith laser Q (PQL) and PPLN.It below is brief description of the present invention.
Main purpose of the present invention be disclose that a kind of conversion efficiency is higher, intensity is higher, easier control, price is lower, volume is littler new pattern laser generation device, to improve the shortcoming of known technology, produce laser expeditiously.
The objective of the invention is to disclose a kind of new pattern laser generation device, utilize passive Q-Q-swith laser Q light source, the accurate phase matching non-linear optical crystal of pumping, the laser of generation stable output wavelength.
Light generating device of the present invention comprises a passive Q-switch laser source, in order to penetrate a laser beam with first wavelength pulsedly; And phase matching non-linear optical crystal surely, having one first grating, this first grating has first nonlinear optical properties, and this crystal receives the laser beam of this first wavelength to carry out a nonlinear optical response, produces the laser beam of one second wavelength.
Wherein, this passive Q conversion lasing light emitter comprises a laser gain crystal (laser gain crystal), in order to receive an initial pump energy (pumping energy), produces the laser of this first wavelength; And a saturable absorber (saturable absorber), connect this laser gain crystal, in order to carry out passive Q-switching mechanism, make the laser pulse generation smoothly of this first wavelength.This initial pump energy can be pump light sources such as another lasing light emitter (as semiconductor laser) or photoflash lamp.The conception according to the present invention, this laser gain crystal receives a side of initial light source and the side that this saturable absorber penetrates first wavelength laser, is respectively to be coated with one deck reflective film, makes the laser of this first wavelength cumlative energy that resonated.
The conception according to the present invention, this laser gain crystal are Nd3+ doping (doped) crystal, for example Nd3+:YAG, Nd3+:YVO4 and Nd3+:YLF etc.
The conception according to the present invention, this saturable absorber can be Cr4+:YAG or some semiconductor such as silicon (Silicon) etc.
The conception according to the present invention, the single crystal of this accurate phase matching non-linear optical is ferroelectric thing, for example LiNbO3, LiTaO3, LiIO3, KNbO3, KTiOPO4 (KTP), RbTiOAsO4 (RTA), with RbTiOPO4 etc.
The conception according to the present invention, this nonlinear optical properties is meant the electric polarization characteristic, be meant the alternant polarization Cycle Length of grating especially, and the grating of this polarization cycle length is to be used for and frequency, difference frequency, frequency multiplication, to reach a kind of that optical parameter generation, amplification, concussion etc. select, or in conjunction with several.
The conception according to the present invention, light generating device of the present invention also comprises a phase matched micromatic setting, as crystal oven, with producing characteristic so that this accurate phase matching non-linear optical crystal is adjusted to best non-linear laser.
The conception according to the present invention, light generating device of the present invention also comprises focal position and the intensity of a laser focusing lens in order to adjust this first wavelength light beam.
The conception according to the present invention, this accurate phase matching non-linear optical crystal also comprises one second grating, this second grating has one second nonlinear optical properties, produces nonlinear optical response for the second time in order to the laser beam to second wavelength, produces the laser beam of a three-wavelength.
The conception according to the present invention, this accurate phase matching non-linear optical crystal also can place a resonant cavity in case of necessity, or plates reflectance coating formation resonance in these crystal both ends of the surface, to increase laser-conversion efficiency.
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Fig. 1 is a passive Q-Q-swith laser Q light source of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is first preferred embodiment of light generating device of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is second preferred embodiment of light generating device of the present invention; And
Fig. 4 is the 3rd preferred embodiment of light generating device of the present invention.
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10 passive Q-Q-swith laser Q light sources
101 laser gain crystal
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30 have the accurate phase matching non-linear optical crystal of first grating
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Lasing light emitter 10 used in the present invention is that (passively Q-switched laser PQL), can automatically send pumping laser (pumping laser) to passive Q-Q-swith laser Q.As shown in Figure 1, PQL is formed by two part crystal combination: first partly is laser gain crystal 101, and common person has Nd3+:YAG, Nd3+:YVO4, Nd3+:YLF etc., is to utilize general laser to produce the laser emitting light that principle produces a specific wavelength.PQL of the present invention and active Q-Q-swith laser Q difference commonly used, promptly at laser gain crystal 101 back series connection one second saturable absorber (saturable absorber) 102 partly, common person has Cr4+:YAG and silicon etc.The characteristic of saturable absorber is: before the energy of endovenous laser did not reach a certain particular value, this crystal was an acceptor of energy, and when a certain particular value of laser energy accumulation arrival was above, it is transparent that this crystal then becomes, and produced High Power Laser Pulses.On the other hand, because the volume of passive Q-switched element is very little, the cavity surface mirror-parallelism is required pine, highly-reflective coating (high reflective coating) 103, antireflecting coating (anti-reflective coating) 104 can be plated on the PQL both sides, replace traditional separate type outgoing mirror and speculum resonant cavity, as shown in Figure 1.Usually, the position of laser gain crystal 101 and saturable absorber 102 is interchangeable.Relatively, active Q-Q-swith laser Q comes pumping Pockels Cell because of needs utilize high voltage in resonant cavity, and to reach the effect of Q-switch, it costs an arm and a leg and system complex.
Because the PQL laser cavity is minimum, the laser pulse width that PQL produces narrow (short pulse width, one of about 10 hundred million parts second (nano-second) or littler), peak power height (high peak power); The destruction suffertibility of nonlinear optical crystal (F, unit are Joule/cm2) is inversely proportional to Q-Q-swith laser Q pulse duration (τ) and opens radical sign
F1/(τ)1/2a
In addition, Q-Q-swith laser Q pulse duration (τ) is to be proportional to resonant cavity length (ι), so long more when resonant cavity, Q-Q-swith laser Q pulse duration is big more, and the destruction suffertibility of nonlinear optical crystal is more little.So, by following formula as can be known, the destruction that active Q-Q-swith laser Q commonly used causes crystal easily, passive Q-Q-swith laser Q of the present invention is difficult for causing crystal damage.
Fig. 2 illustrates first preferred embodiment of light generating device of the present invention, comprise a passive Q-Q-swith laser Q light source 10, as input pumping light source (pumping source), one laser beam with first wavelength is penetrated, through injecting phase matching non-linear optical crystal 30 surely behind a laser focusing lens 20 its focal positions of adjustment, has a grating on the crystal 30, this grating has a nonlinear optical properties (nonlinear opticalcharacteristics), this nonlinear optical properties is meant the interregional interval of periodic polarized direction counter-rotating, carry out nonlinear optical effect in order to laser beam, and produce the laser beam of second wavelength this first wavelength.Other has a crystal oven (crystal oven) 40 to encase crystal 30, in order to control crystal 30 reaction temperature and finely tune its optical characteristics.
The Cycle Length of this grating (grating period length) can be controlled when making as required, and different grating Cycle Lengths have different nonlinear optical properties, can produce different nonlinear optical effects to an incident beam.Crystal 103 preferablies are ferroelectric thing, for example LiNbO3, LiTaO3, LiIO3, KNbO3, KTiOPO4 (KTP), RbTiOAsO4 (RTA) or RbTiOPO4.
For instance, when crystal oven 40 is set in 100, semiconductor laser is injected passive Q-Q-swith laser Q 10 with the laser of 808nm, passive Q-Q-swith laser Q 10 will produce first wavelength laser of wavelength 1064nm, inject (the grating cycle is 31 μ m) in the PPLN nonlinear optical crystal 30 through condenser lens 20, produce the output of 1.8 μ m laser via the OPG effect.
Figure 3 shows that in another preferred embodiment of light generating device of the present invention, wherein, behind passive Q-Q-swith laser Q 10, can connect the nonlinear optical crystal 30 and 30 ' of a plurality of different gratings, in order to repeatedly nonlinear optical response, produce the laser output of specific wavelength.For instance, when crystal oven 40 is set in 200 degree Celsius, semiconductor laser is injected passive Q-Q-swith laser Q 10 with the laser of 808nm, passive Q-Q-swith laser Q 10 is with first wavelength laser of wavelength 1064nm, inject in first nonlinear optical crystal 30 (the grating cycle is 6.75 μ m) through condenser lens 20 and produce the output of 532nm laser, continue to inject that (the grating cycle is 12 μ m) produces the output of 590nm laser via the OPG effect in second nonlinear optical crystal 30 ' via the SHG effect.
Accurate phase matching non-linear optical crystal 30 of the present invention can be placed a resonant cavity in case of necessity, wherein this resonant cavity can be made of with outgoing mirror 502 speculum 501 that is arranged at crystal 30 outside, or plate reflectance coating 503, outgoing film 504 in these crystal both ends of the surface and form, as Fig. 4 (a) (b) shown in, to increase laser-conversion efficiency.
The present invention can carry out any change or correction by being familiar with the present technique personnel, the protection range of the appended qualification of right neither disengaging.
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